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Now drag Notepad
(or
the tool
of your
choice) into the RAM disk window. The
tool is duplicated
and
the icon
is
reproduced in the RAM disk.
Now
open the
tool from the RAM disk window
.
Notice how quickly the tool is
loaded
and
ready to use
.
If
you
want to use
eLI (rather
than Workbench) to access the tool in RAM,
remember to
specify
RAM: in the pathname,
or
you
will end
up using the
original version of
the tool rather than the copy in the RAM disk.
The RAM
disk
is
as
large
as
it needs to be; the more tools and information
you
place in it, the larger
it gets
.
However, try not to put more than
you
will actually
use
in
the RAM disk,
since
the memory for the RAM disk is taken
from
the
system
,
and
the loss
of
memory
available
to
the system slows
down the
Amiga's
operation.
Basically, the larger the RAM disk, the less memory there is
for
running things
.
To delete
anything
from the RAM disk, use the eLI
command
DELETE.
For
example,
DELETE RAM:Notepad
and
DELETE RAM:Notepad.info
will remove
Notepad
from
the RAM disk
.
The
RAM disk
stays activated
until the Amiga is turned
off or
reset.
Changing the Startup-Sequence
When
you power
up
or
reset
the Amiga, eLI
issues
a series of commands
to
set
up the
screen
.
This is known
as
the Startup-Sequence
.
If
you
feel
comfortable
using
eLI, you can change
the
Startup-Sequence
to
suit your
needs
.
For
exam-
ple,
you
might
find
it
convenient
if the
Amiga started
up
with
the RAM
disk
already activated
,
and
perhaps
a
tool loaded into RAM
.
Note: If
you change
the Startup-Sequence, make sure
you are changing
a copy
of
Workbench,
and
not the
original
Workbench disk. This
operation is
not
recom-
mended
for someone
who does not really understand
using CLI
.
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AmigaDOS and
the
eLI
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